Fusion night vision system

Details Fusion night vision system Fusion night vision system

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Martinez, Joseph (Department: 2873)

Optical: systems and elements

Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels

By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface

C359S629000, C359S353000, C348S216100, C348S217100, C348S218100, C348S223100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07864432

ABSTRACT:
A fusion night vision system having image intensification and thermal imaging capabilities includes an edge detection filter circuit to aid in acquiring and identifying targets. An outline of the thermal image is generated and combined with the image intensification image without obscuration of the image intensification image. The fusion night vision system may also include a parallax compensation circuit to overcome parallax problems as a result of the image intensification channel being spaced from the thermal channel. The fusion night vision system may also include a control circuit configured to maintain a perceived brightness through an eyepiece over a mix of image intensification information and thermal information. The fusion night vision system may incorporate a targeting mode that allows an operator to acquire a target without having the scene saturated by a laser pointer. The night vision system may also include a detector, an image combiner for forming a fused image from the detector and a display, and a camera aligned with image combiner for recording scene information processed by the first detector.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4720871 (1988-01-01), Chambers
patent: 6560029 (2003-05-01), Dobbie et al.
patent: 7345277 (2008-03-01), Zhang

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Fusion night vision system does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Fusion night vision system, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Fusion night vision system will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2686591